Horseshoe attachment.



E. J. REEGE.

HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

- APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30, 1912.

1,094,474, Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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EARL J'. REECE, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

HOB-SESHOE ATTACHMENT.

T 0 all 107L077? it may concern Be it known that I, EARL J. Enron, a citizen of the United States residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe Attachments and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to adjustable calks for horse shoes and has for an object to provide improved removable and replaceable structure carrying supplemental or ad ditional calks applicable to an ordinary horse shoe and removable therefrom as conditions and circumstances may make desirable.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a structure of the class improved means for carrying the weight normally upon predetermined supporting points with means for bringing other engaging points into engagement in case of lipping or lateral movement.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for attaching the structure to the shoe and hoof of a horse.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for positioning the calks laterally relative to the shoe.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a view of the structure in side elevation shown applied to a conventional horse shoe. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the device attached to a shoe. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a shoe with the calk members in position to be attached with the attaching member removed. Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation of the tension means at the front of the structure. Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the connecting members, at the rear of the shoe. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of one of the calk members removed. Fig. 7 is a view of one of the calk members seen in end elevation. Fig. 8 is a sectional view through one of the calk members taken on line 88 of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view showing the action of the calks under lateral slipping movement.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Decemberfit), 1912.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Serial No. 739.372.

Likecharacters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved calk structure which forms the subject matter of this application is adapted to be used with a horse shoeof substantially the usual and ordinary form, the shoe being shown conventionally at 10 having the usual and ordinary toe call; 11 and heel calks 12. It to be understood that the shoe 10 is to be nailed to the hoof of the horse in the usual manner and to be worn by the horse at all times. The additional or calk structure employed with the shoe 10 comprises a plurality of calk members shown at Fig. 6 each comprising a base 13 proportioned to engage against the under side of the shoe 10 and provided with an outer calk let and an inner shorter calk 15. Upon the base 13 a stud 16 is provided with a bracing member 17 pivotally mounted thereon and positioned to bear against the inner peripheral edge of the shoe as shown more particularly at Fig. 3. The bracing member 17 is triangular in shape as shown more especially at Figs. 8 and 6 with the several sidesdifferently spaced from the stud 16 so that by rotating such bracing member upon the stud, space is provided to accommodate shoes of different sizes and constructed of different width material. The call; member is provided with a screw-eye 18 and four of such screw-eyes engage a central ring 19 to form a spider shaped arrangement of parts as shown at Figs. 2 and 3. The position of the callrs relative to the ring 19 and consequently relative to the shoe 10 is predetermined by the adjustment of the screw 18 and the position of the bracing member 17 At their outer ends each of the call; members is providedwith a headed stud 20 which extends beyond the lines of the shoe as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 and is adapted to engage with the attaching structure.

The attaching structure comprises a pair of plates 21 at the front of the shoe having ears 22 engaged by a screw-bolt 23 and rear plates members 24; connected by means of strap members 25 which pass about the posterior part of the hoof and are connected by stud or bolt 26, holes 27 being provided to permit the varying of the length of such straps 25 and their connection. lhe rear plates 24 are also provided with holes 28 engaged by stud members 29 carried by the forward plates 21.

To adjust the device to the shoe of a horse he under structure is first adjusted to the proper shape and placed beneath the shoe with the upper attaching structure properly adjusted by positioning the studs 26 and 29 in the holes 27 and 28 respectively and attaching the members to the stud 20 and then drawing the whole structure together over the front of the boot by manipulating the bolt 28. By this arrangement the entire device is clamed firml u 3011 the shoe to )18- 7 vent rattling. While the calls 1 1 and the shorter calks have been shown as positioned at the toe of the shoe it will be apparent that calks 14: and 15 are similarly positioned relative to the heel of the shoe. The occasion for providing the calks of different lengths isthat the calks 14 and 14 are positioned directly under the shoe structure and under normal conditions the weight of the animal is carried directly upon such calks 14 and 1 1. lVhen, however, a slipping occurs there is a lateral motion upon the point of the calk 14 which serves to move the base 13 relative to the shoe and to bring the calk 15 into engagement with the roadway. Under ordinary conditions of wear the call: 1 1 being subjected to the greater wear soon becomes dulled and is not, therefore, capable of as great frictional resistance or of penetration as might be desired. The call: 15 or 15' being subjected normally to no wear retains its pointed condition so that when it is brought into engagement by the slipping and lateral movement of the calk 14c or lt it is in proper condition to resistingly engage the roadway and prevent further slipping.

By this arrangement the entire structure may be removed and replaced readily, after once being adjusted, as occasioned by road conditions and when in place the normal wear will as above described be carried upon the calks lt and 14 only while the calks 15 and 15 are retained as additional or auxiliary engaging means when slipping is occasioned.

It will be noted, especially from Figs. 8 and. 9, that the axes of the calks 14 and 14: extend vertically downward from the shoe while the axes of the calks 15 and 15 are inclined toward the center of the shoe. The

reason for this inclination will be obvious from an examination of Fig. 9 as the calks are tilted under a lateral movement in the direction of the center of the shoe so that the calks 15 and 15 by reason of their inclination are better adapted to resist such lateral movement when brought into engagement with the pavement.

I claim 1. The combination with a horse shoe, of a call: structure detachably connected to the shoe and comprising a plurality of members flexibly connected together centrally of the shoe, each or" said members being provided with a call: disposed immediately beneath the shoe and an additional calk carried by each member shorter than the first mentioned calk.

2. The combination with a horse shoe, of a call: structure comprising a plurality of separate members flexibly connected together centrally of the shoe, each of said members being provided with a calk disposed immediately beneath the shoe, and an additional call: carried by each member shorter than the first mentioned calk.

3. The combination with a horse shoe, of a calk structure comprising a plurality of members flexibly connected together centrally of the shoe, means to adjust the radial posit-ion of the calk members relative to the central connecting member, a headed stud carried by each of the members and extending beyond the lines of the shoe and a EARL J. REECE.

Witnesses:

CABLE WVHITEHEAD, ALBERT L. VOGL.

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